"Sister Miao Miao, what do you mean? You seem to be being laughed at."
"No, no, I didn't mean to laugh at you."
Jin Miaomiao held the tea cup and bared her teeth at Xia Jiu who asked the question, showing a wicked smile.
"It feels weird, but I don't know what's wrong?"
"You still don't know what's wrong?" She pointed at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Look at their reactions, do they really take this matter to heart? Do they really take the county prince seriously? Something?"
"Sister Miao Miao, what you said is a bit too much, isn't it? After all, our seventh son is also a county king, how could we not take it seriously?" Xia Jiu looked at the untouched steamed pork ribs on the table, pulled it over, and took it He stood up and started to nibble. As he nibbled, he said, "Lao Qi is quite handsome. There were so many little girls in Xijing City who liked him back then, right? What's more, he is a relative of the emperor, handsome, and a gentleman. How can he be so handsome?" Not good? He’s a pretty good person, right?”
"It's not bad, I just feel it's a little bit worse." Jin Miaomiao looked at Shen Haolin, looked him up and down, and said cheerfully, "Look at our Duke, isn't he also a relative of the emperor? ? Isn’t he also very handsome? Right? If you put these two people together and you choose based on your own instinct, which one would you choose?”
"Well..." Seeing Shen Cha glaring at him with threatening eyes, Xia Jiu grinned at her, "Of course I have to choose our brother Haolin. Our brother Haolin is not only a relative of the emperor, not only handsome, but also Very brave and majestic, isn't it? If I were a little girl..." He cleared his throat and said softly, "Brother Haolin is the best!"
"Speak nicely!" Shen Haolin smiled helplessly, "Lao Qi is probably sneezing like crazy right now. I didn't know you people were talking about him behind his back."
"Fortunately, we are far away, otherwise the county prince might come directly to our house, and no one can escape."
"With his fighting power, what does it matter whether he can run away or not?" Xia Jiu raised his eyebrows and smiled evilly, "Even if he has been at sea these past few years, his kung fu is only so much. From one person to beating ten of him, Now I can beat him nine times by myself.”
"Okay, if you keep talking about him like this, there's a chance that he might actually come from Xijing City to hunt you down." Seeing Xia Jiu choked, Xue Ruitian patted his back and said, "Be careful. Eat slowly, how old are you?"
"If you hadn't said such shocking words, I wouldn't have choked." Xia Jiu rolled his eyes at Xue Ruitian, "Seriously, he won't really come here, right?"
"No, we won't give him this chance."
"That's good, that's good." Xia Jiu patted himself and soothed his little heart, then looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Before Lao Qi went to sea, he had a very pleasant chat with Sister Xiaocha. I have a very fond impression of Sister Xiaocha, and I thought he wanted to pursue you." He smiled evilly at the two of them, "You two went out to play twice, right?"
"You didn't go out alone or together?" Shen Cha spread his hands, patted Shen Haolin beside him, and pointed at Xue Ruitian and Xia Jiu, "Aren't you guys here too?"
"Look!" Shen Haolin wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, looked at Shen Cha, and felt that she didn't eat much, so he brought her another steamed cake, "That's how the rumors came about." He looked at Xia For a long time, "You are the source of the rumors."
"It's been so long, I really forgot." Xia Jiu laughed sheepishly and said, "But Lao Qi has a crush on Sister Xiaocha, don't you deny it?"
"I don't know if we have a good impression or something. I just think we can chat better, so we can chat together. Besides, our two families are relatives, so we should be close." Shen Cha He picked up the steamed cake given by Shen Haolin, took a bite, and smiled at Shen Haolin, "Is that right?"
"Yes, that's right." Shen Haolin nodded and reached out to wipe the dirt on her mouth. "Relatives should move around more." He looked at the other people, smiled and said, " Don't always say that Lao Qi is eyeing Cha'er or something like that, he is just..." He paused, thought for a moment, and said, "He just finally met a sister at home. He was ecstatic and didn't know what to do. Expressed. You
We also know that Lao Qi's biggest wish is to have a sister so that he can live out the addiction of being an older brother. "
"Really, this is his biggest wish. He used to talk about it every day, it would be great if he had a sister." At this point, Xue Ruitian couldn't help but sigh and said, "Look at our family, except Apart from Xiaocha and Sister Huang, there are basically no girls in this generation. They are all like this..." He patted Xia Jiu next to him and said, "Thick-skinned brats, they are not interesting at all. "So, anyone who has a girl is very happy. Lao Qi also said that he wanted a sister to love him. He also said that if he had a sister, he would hold her in his hands and love her to heaven." He looked at it. Shen Cha, "Speaking of which, he really does seem to be a bit doting on your sister."
"I know this too." Shen Cha nodded and said, "Seventh brother said that he really wants a sister. When he sees other people's sisters, he wants to snatch them away and become his own. Now he finally has this It’s a chance, you don’t have to envy others anymore.”
"Besides, Cha'er is indeed related to him."
"Relationship?"
"Why are you so surprised?" Shen Haolin glanced at Xue Ruitian and then at Xia Jiu, "You really don't know anything, right?"
"What should we know? Did we miss something?" Xue Ruitian and Xia Jiu were confused by what he said. Are there any relatives in the Xia family? I’ve never heard of them!"
"Xiao Cha?" Jin Jing and Jin Miaomiao were also stunned, looking at Shen Cha who was eating the steamed cake very calmly, "Where did you come from?"
"Think carefully and see if there are any familiar surnames among the Xia family's ancestors."
Xue Ruitian and Xia Jiu looked at each other, and they quickly started to go over the Xia family's family tree in their minds. Fortunately, the Xia family didn't have a large population, so it didn't take them long to go through it, and they both looked at a loss when they finished. , I have no idea where this relationship comes from. .
"Looking at the two of you, I'm afraid you haven't figured it out at all." Shen Cha chuckled, pointed at himself, and asked, "What's my last name?"
"Huh? Isn't your surname Shen? What else can you say?"
Shen Cha rolled his eyes, tugged on Shen Haolin's arm, and complained, "Brother, you said there is something wrong with their minds, right?"
"Maybe he didn't react!" Shen Haolin pinched her face and asked her to continue eating. He looked at Xue Ruitian and raised his eyebrows and said, "My surname."
"My surname...ah!"
"Really?" Xia Jiu looked surprised, "I've never heard of it!"
"Because you haven't seen her before. I saw her when I was very young, about one or two years old."
"Anyway, who is she?"
"My great-grandmother is the eldest daughter of the Xuanyuan family." Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Cha, "Speaking of which, you look a bit like her! Unfortunately, I only met my great-grandmother once, and she passed away. ." He looked at Xia Jiu, "It's understandable that you don't know. I've never seen her, and no one in the family mentions her."
"I really don't know, I just have a vague feeling that there is such a person." Xia Jiu scratched his head, "Does Seventh know about this?"
"Maybe he doesn't know, isn't he always at sea? He probably doesn't know." Xue Ruitian chuckled, "If Lao Qi knew, the girl he had a crush on a few years ago really became his sister, That’s so interesting.”
"Lao Qi is really..." Xia Jiu continued to fight the steamed pork ribs and said, "It's a bit pitiful!"
"Well, the person I like has become a sister. He can really be a brother this time." Xue Ruitian nodded and took a piece of mung bean cake from the plate. "It's over before it even begins. It's really pitiful to think about it!"
"You all know what's going on, why don't you keep talking about good things and bad things? There is no such thing at all. If you talk nonsense again, be careful of getting beaten!" Shen Cha shook his fist and said the last a piece of rice
He stuffed the rice cake into his mouth, took another sip of the soup from Shen Haolin's bowl, put the rice cake down, and said, "Don't make up for Brother Seventh all the time. He is a very nice person and very open-minded. The two of us like it." The things are similar, so we can talk together. Now that I think about it, it must be a blood relationship, right?"
"Maybe, but the Duke still needs to be careful." Jin Miaomiao touched her chin and smiled at Shen Haolin, "Maybe the Duke will make things difficult for you and want to take the little tea as your own. , it’s not that easy.”
"If he is willing, just come!" Shen Haolin raised his eyebrows, not caring at all, "It's just that he should mind his own business first!" He glanced at Ying Thirteen, "Tell Lao Qi, You must be careful. If he doesn’t remember it clearly, you can ask his crew to go with him. I don’t have any other requirements, but it must be detailed and there can’t be any omissions.”
"I know." Ying Thirteen snatched a piece of Xia Jiu's ribs, took a bite, and said, "How long will it take to complete this maritime map?"
"Don't be in a hurry, let him take his time, and he can finish the painting within three months."
"Three months?" Ying Thirteen frowned slightly, looked at Xue Ruitian and then at Jin Jing, "Isn't this time a bit tight?"
"What's so important!" Xue Ruitian rolled his eyes, "This is obviously to find something urgent for him to do so that he doesn't have time to think about anything else, right? Besides, all those messy things are put aside now. If we don’t catch that bastard behind the scenes, we won’t feel at ease, right?”
"Yeah, if we don't get rid of them, we won't feel at ease." Jin Miaomiao looked at Xia Jiu who was still chewing on the ribs, "What's wrong with you? It's rare to see you eating like this so early in the morning. Lots of stuff."
"I'm hungry. I woke up in the middle of the night last night, but I couldn't find anything to eat, so I had no choice but to go to bed hungry. This morning I found that I was even hungrier. I was so hungry that I felt a little dizzy." Xia Jiu threw away the bone in his hand, picked up another one, took two quick bites, and said, "However, Lao Qi stole the second brother's job because he wanted to go out as an envoy." He looked at Ying Thirteen, " Have you found the so-called island country? You didn’t come back empty-handed, right?”
"How is this possible?" Ying Thirteen patted Xia Jiu, "Does the county prince come back empty-handed? He must be a thief who doesn't leave empty-handed!"
"What do you mean?" Xia Jiu looked at Ying Thirteen curiously, "You brought back a lot of things? Have you seen it?"
"No." Ying Thirteen took a bowl of wonton stew and placed it in front of him. "The box is still being loaded at Liu Shuai's site. It will probably be delivered to Xijing City in the next two days. Anyway, the prince's intention is , the carriage entering the city must be an eye-opener for the people of Xijing City."
"It's quite cool." Xia Jiu couldn't help but laugh, "It's his style. He never misses the mark. This is very accurate." He raised his eyebrows, "By the way, do we have a role to play?"
"Yes, why not!" Ying Thirteen nodded, "I have chosen your favorite for you, don't worry!"
"You still have some conscience!"
When Ying Thirteen saw Xia Jiu's look, he couldn't help but shake his head. Their little prince was also a typical example of duplicity. He obviously cared a lot, but the words that came out of his mouth were like a knife.
"I'm full!" Xia Jiu finished off all the ribs with satisfaction, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, stood up, looked for a few things on the table that were easy to take away, and found a food box to put them in. "You guys talk, I'm leaving first. Xiaoyun and Xiaojiu probably haven't eaten yet, so I'll give them some."
Shen Haolin and Shen Cha nodded, watching Xia Jiu leave with the food box, and let Jin Jing close the door.
Xue Ruitian held the tea and watched Jin Jing close the door and sit back. He turned to look at Shen Haolin, then at Shen Cha, and smiled.
"Children, let's go and talk about something serious. What did you get from last night?"
"Harvest? That's a big harvest!" Shen Cha sneered, grabbed a piece of rice cake, stuffed it into his mouth, and said bitterly, "That boy named Luan is dishonest!"
"Dishonest? How can you be dishonest?" Xue Ruitian raised an eyebrow, "Isn't anything he said true?"
"Half truth, half lie, not a single word that I shouldn't have said. You are really loyal to that side!" Shen Cha sneered, looked at Jin Miaomiao and said, "The Liu family's suspicion before was a little bit... All correct."
"That's right..." Jin Miaomiao said with surprise on her face, "You're not really guessing by us, are you?"
"Correct answer!" Shen Cha took out a stack of papers from the drawer of the cabinet at the back, looked at them, and handed some of them to Jin Miaomiao and some to Xue Ruitian, "You can exchange them with each other after reading, and then you will know who this person named Luan is. What immoral things have you done!"
